NHTSA Complaint #11319199 — 2015 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER EVOQUE

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY THE SPEED LIMIT OF 75 MPH WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE CAR BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE & STARTED LOSING POWER AND RAPIDLY DECELERATING OUT OF MY CONTROL. MY RPMS BEGAN RUNNING 7K+ AND I NEEDED TO JAM DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL IN ORDER TO TRY AND MAINTAIN SPEED AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT, WHICH WORKED FOR A SECOND AND ACTUALLY ALLOWED ME TO GAIN BACK SPEED. HOWEVER, WITH THE GAS ALL THE WAY DOWN IT ONLY KEPT SPEED FOR A SHORT PERIOD UNTIL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPPED ON AND I BEGAN DROPPING DOWN SPEED AGAIN. I COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED. I IMMEDIATELY CHANGED TO THE RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AT A REST STOP. I READ THE MANUAL, AND ACCORDING TO THE WARNING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL WHICH DISPLAYED, MY CAR MAY BE DRIVEN BUT PERFORMANCE MAY BE REDUCED AND I SHOULD IMMEDIATELY TAKE IT INTO A DEALER, WHICH I DID. I WAS LATER TOLD BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THAT 'MY TURBO HAD BLOWN' WITH CRACKS ALONG WITH A DESTROYED SOLENOID AND OTHER PARTS RELATING TO THE SPEED OF MY CAR. IT CURRENTLY HAS UNDER 80K MILES AND IS IN THE REPAIR SHOP AS WE SPEAK. IT HAS HAD ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND JUST UNDERWENT SERVICE CARE (REPLACED OIL/ OIL FILTER, TRANSMISSION FLUID , ETC) LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AGO. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED REPAIR COST RELATING TO THIS SAFETY CONCERN IS ROUGHLY $5,200 USD FROM AN AUTHORIZED DEALER (A NEW TURBO, SOLENOID, LABOR, ETC).